This table is linked to the article "An APPsolute Beginner’s Guide for Action Research" by Reinhard Bauer, Martin Sankofi, Petra Szucsich and Klaus Himpsl-Gutermann. It provides a useful collection of digital apps for action research projects in education. The framework for this classification of academic research apps is, on the one hand, given by the action research phases illustrated by Altrichter et al (2008), on the other hand, it refers to Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy (cf. Churches, 2009), which lists the six action verbs "remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating and creating" as the key concepts to describe activities, actions and processes in learning.In the table these verbs are illustrated in various colours. The apps are listed in alphabetical order, but you can, of course, use a filter according to your needs (e.g. search apps that can be used in a certain research phase or for a certain key concept).

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Nr.

Tool Name

Description

Short Description

Used when…

Action Research Phase

Key Concepts

iOS App

Android App

Web App

URL

5

T01

Academia.edu

Online social networking service for academic purposes

Networking

searching for data, sharing and disseminating research results

4

Evaluating

No

No

Yes

https://www.academia.edu

6

T02

Airtable

Spreadsheet Tool that lets you do online forms and surveys

Questioning

making an online questionnaire, administering questionnaires

2

Applying

Yes

Yes

Yes

https://airtable.com/

7

T03

Asana

Project management tool

Organizing

organizing teamwork, managing projects with more people

1

Understanding

Yes

Yes

Yes

https://asana.com

8

T04

Diigo

Social bookmarking tool

Bookmarking

tagging, storing,and sharing web pages

2

Remembering

Yes

Yes

Yes

https://www.diigo.com

9

T05

DIRT

Database for research tools

Searching

searching for useful research tools for projects

1

Remembering

No

No

Yes

http://dirtdirectory.org

10

T06

Doodle

Scheduling tool

Scheduling

scheduling an event, making a choice

1

Remembering

Yes

Yes

Yes

http://doodle.com

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T07

Dropbox

File hosting service

Storing

creating a special folder on a computer as a means ofcloud storage, file synchronization, and personal cloud